HB 1316  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2362

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1316

 

AN ACT relative to co-ownership of dogs.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. MacKenzie, Hills. 40

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill defines co-ownership of dogs.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2362

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to co-ownership of dogs.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Group Licenses; Co-Ownership of Dogs.  Amend RSA 466:6 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI.  An owner who claims co-ownership of a dog shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 466:1-d to the extent registration records and informations shall be publicly available for all dogs on the property.  An owner claiming co-ownership shall prove such co-ownership through means which may include registration and license information, veterinary records, adoption records, transfer of ownership agreement, or pedigree records.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.